blog writing #critically evaluate how the aviationiindustry will need to plan and adapt due to climate change (draft)

With the changing climate, there is a need for the aviation industry to adapt to climate change which means airline companies need to take action to prepare for and adjust to both the current impacts of climate change and the expected future impacts of climate. Although initiatives had been introduced to help cut net global emissions to zero by 20250, greenhouse gas concentration is still on the rise and is expected to keep on rising in the coming decades, and an increase in the average global temperatures is also likely to rise. Consequently, heating of the temperature will result in all kinds of risks such as a change in wind patterns, heatwaves, droughts or floods, and coastal erosion caused by rising sea levels. The aviation industry is responsible for an approximated 4.9% of man-made global warming over the last 20 years (Happonen & Rasmusson, 2020). However, measures have been implemented to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) gas emissions from international aviation by initiating the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation or CORSIA, which aims at stabilizing CO2 emissions at 2020 levels by requiring airlines to offset the growth of their emissions after 2020 (Chao et al., 2019). Also, other measures to be adopted by the airline industry include developing lighter, more fuel-efficient aircraft, engines and developing alternative fuels that are less CO2 intensive, improvement of infrastructure, use of more efficient flight procedures, weight reduction from airline operations, use of market-based measures (MBM), among others. Thus, this paper critically analyses how the aviation industry will need to plan and adapt due to climate change.